I love Sony for all they have done so far, but most of all, for the Trinitron technology. I had 2 monitors using Trinitron tubes, and I loved them. Anyway, this is not about me, and despite the fact it’s about Sony, it’s not about their Trinitron technology either. To make a long story short, I will say only this: Sony is now Number One!!

Well, I must repeat this - I love Sony, but I am not addicted to them (in fact, I have an LG LCD monitor now). Moving to the subject, you should know the news is about Sony’s evolution on the American LCD HDTV market, so here we go…

According to a study coming from the research group DisplaySearch, during the last quarter of 2007, Sony was the top seller of LCD HDTVs in North America! This is even more impressive, if we consider the fact that, in the third quarter, Sony didn’t even catch the podium, arriving in the fourth position. Now, they got the first place, followed by Samsung, the previous market leader, and Vizio.

At last, when talking about Plasma HDTVs, it’s no surprise finding Panasonic on the first position, with a market share almost double as its follower, Samsung, which only got a bit over 20 percent of the Plasma HDTV market.

It’s always a pleasure to discover new LCD TVs on their way to becoming available through retail chains, simply because I felt that some producers released a lot of products lately, and others seem to fade. One of those from the last category, at least in my neighbourhood, is Panasonic. The reason for saying this is that I am tired of seeing LG and Samsung LCD TVs, and no new models from Panasonic. Well, today I just found out about a bunch of new Panasonic TVs, so here you have them, but there’s only one problem: these are Plasma TVs!

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